The incident with the child seems worse: > In 2001, a six-year-old boy died of a fractured skull at a New York City medical centre while undergoing an MRI exam

The incident with the child seems worse: > In 2001, a six-year-old boy died of a fractured skull at a New York City medical centre while undergoing an MRI exam after its powerful magnetic force propelled an oxygen tank across the room. There shouldn't exist any metals in the room (that are not the machine itself), period. The smallest metallic object can fly off like a bullet. Everything and everyone that enters the room should be required to be scanned with a handheld metal detector.